Visions of God and ideas on deification in patristic thought / edited by Mark Edwards and Elena Ene D-Vasilescu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edwards, M. J. (Mark J.), editor.

Ene Drăghici-Vasilescu, Elena, editor.

Series:

Routledge studies in the early Christian world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Image of God--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Image of God.

Image of God--History of doctrines.

Physical Description:

viii, 246 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

Visions of God and Ideas on Deification in Patristic Thought illustrates the complexity and variety of early Christian thought on the subject of the image of God as a theological concept, and the difficulties that arise in the interpretations of particular authors who gave a cardinal place to the image of God in their expositions of Christian doctrine. The first part of this volume illustrates both the presence and the absence of the image of God in the earliest Christian literature; the second examines various studies in deification, both implicit and explicit; and the third explores the relationship between iconography and the theological notion of the image. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I What is the Image of God? 19

1 Polycarp's Martyrdom According to the Gospel / Markus Vinzent Vinzent, Markus 21

2 Growing Like God: Some Thoughts on Irenaeus of Lyons / Mark Edwards Edwards, Mark 37

Part II Image and Eschatology: Deification 53

3 "Love Never Fails": Gregory of Nyssa on Theôsis / Elena Ene D-Vasilescu D-Vasilescu, Elena Ene 55

4 Deification in the Alexandrian Tradition / Mark Edwards Edwards, Mark 74

5 Not So Alien and Unnatural After All: The Role of Deification in Augustine's Sermons / Stanley P. Rosenberg Rosenberg, Stanley P. 89

6 Union with and Likeness to God: Deification According to Dionysius the Areopagite / Filip Ivanovic Ivanovic, Filip 118

7 Like a Glowing Sword: St Maximus on Deification / Torstein Theodor Tollefsen Tollefsen, Torstein Theodor 158

Part III Image of God and Byzantine/Meta-Byzantine Icon 171

8 Communion with God and Theology of the Icon: A Study of the Christological Iconology of St. John of Damascus / Dimitrios Pallis Pallis, Dimitrios 173

9 The Vision of God and the Deification of Man: The Visual Implications of Theôsis / Clemena Antonova Antonova, Clemena 208.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138217713

1138217719

OCLC:

956633815

Publisher Number:

40026610954